rapacious
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英 [r?'pe???s]
美[r?'pe??s]
- adj. 貪婪的；掠奪的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?rapaciously;名詞:?rapacity;
中文詞源
rapacious 貪婪的
來自拉丁語 rapax 的所有格形式 rapacis,劫掠的，貪婪的，來自 rapere,抓住，抓取，詞源同 rob,rip,rape.
英文詞源
- rapacious
- rapacious: see rapture
- rapacious (adj.)
- 1650s, from Latin rapaci-, stem of rapax "grasping," itself from stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapacity) + -ous. Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness.
雙語例句
- 1. He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
- 他吃燕窩湯吃個(gè)沒夠。
來自辭典例句
- 2. I have a recollection of large , unbending women with great noses and rapacious eyes.
- 我記得我遇見不少身材壯碩、腰板挺得筆直的女人.這些女人生著大鼻子,目光炯炯.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Those were not the consideration that drove this rapacious beast from his den into the open!
- 把這只貪婪的野獸從窩里趕出來的并不是這些考慮!
來自辭典例句
- 4. Hawks and other rapacious birds may be killed at any time.
- 隼和其他捕食動(dòng)物的鳥隨時(shí)可能被捕殺.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Hawks and other rapacious birds prey on variety of small animals.
- 老鷹和其他貪婪的鳥類捕食各種小動(dòng)物.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)